Happy Thanksgiving to all American fans!

This week we will take a look at the Assouline Cars book (see the latest Instagram Reel), and the beautiful slipcase edition which contains all three Assouline Bond books.

And what about this rather unique Lotus Esprit prototype with unexpected Bond provenance, read more here and contact me (reply to this email or send a message on the website) if you are interested in this beauty.

Martijn Mulder has just released his Bond Location Travel App, which is a must have for Bond travel. His books are amazing, but this is of course even more practical - all the locations right on your phone. I signed up immediately, and will be able to use it when traveling to London and the Bahamas in the next few months.

Another fellow Dutch Bond fan Merlijn Kuiper is offering his new Bondesque 2025 Yearbook at a special price for Bond Lifestyle fans, find the coupon code below.

And finally, a big thank you to all the people who ordered the Bond Lifestyle cufflinks and items from The Vault. Our friend Kyle Barbeau aka @easysmilesandexpensivewatches, was so kind to share his unboxing experience on Instagram.

And make sure to check out this year’s Holiday Gift Guide.

Enjoy!

Remmert van Braam
founder BOND LIFESTYLE

BOOKS

Assouline James Bond Cars

The James Bond Cars book by Assouline is a large-format coffee table book celebrating the vehicles of the 007 series. Available now at Assouline for $120.

Limited Edition Slipcase

Assouline previously released James Bond Style and James Bond Destinations in their James Bond series.

The three books are now available in a beautiful "James Bond Trilogy with Slipcase" box set at Assouline for $595.

CARS

Rare prototype Lotus with FYEO registration for sale

A notable 1981 Lotus Esprit S3 (Type 85) pre-production prototype - internally known at Hethel as the “Yahoo Mobile” - has been listed for sale, offering collectors an unusually well-documented piece of Lotus engineering history with a direct link to Bond’s red For Your Eyes Only Esprit Turbo. Price: £50,000

If you’d like to be connected with the seller, send me a message by replying to this newsletter.

TRAVEL

Bond Location Travel Tracker Ap

Finally, your favourite location travel companion has arrived: introducing Martijn Mulder’s ON THE TRACKS Travel Tracker!

Subscribe to the app on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and become a member of On the tracks of 007.

GIFT GUIDE

Aston Martin DB5 art at Limited100

Limited100 offers a several DB5 and other Bond related cars.
Use the exclusive discount code BONDLIFE5 to get 5% off all prints at Limited100 (limited to 1 use per customer).

GIFT GUIDE

20 Year Anniversary Cufflinks

This year’s must-have luxury accessory is the set of Bond Lifestyle gun cufflinks - available in Black and Silver.

VAN BRAAM

The Vault

The Vault offers a private curation of rare collectibles with cinematic heritage. Check out these rare items. More items were added, including Barton & Perreira sunglasses.

One of the recent Vault sales was this beautiful and very rare pair of Dunhill Cufflinks with matching tie-slide! They were shipped in a luxury box with Van Braam coin (see image below) to Kyle Barbeau (@easysmilesandexpensivewatches) who shared his unboxing on Instagram, watch it here.

Visit The Vault at vanbraam.com for more rare Bond items

DEAL ALERT

Black Friday Sales

It’s that time of the year again, and some brands have significant deals for Black Friday:

Sunspel - up to 30% off (Bond Riviera shirts not included)

Vuarnet - up to 50% off

Dents 20% off SkyFall gloves

Dents 20% off SPECTRE gloves

20% OFF James Bond items at Uncrate

Uncrate - 20% OFF almost everything, including lots of Bond-related products!

BOOKS

Bondesque 2025 Year Book

Merlijn Kuiper of Dutch Bond magazine Bondesque is offering a special presale price: €34,95 €27,95 (007 Euro discount!) with code Lifestyle-2025 for pre-orders of the Bondesque 2025 Year Overview. The 220-page hardcover book is available in English or in Dutch and gives a complete annual overview from the world of James Bond. This year, for the first time, that overview is being released in a luxurious book edition.

Bondesque 2025 Book (Dutch)

Bondesque 2025 Book (English)

During the presale in December, every customer has a chance to win a bottle of Champagne Bollinger Special Cuvée 007 Limited Edition.

GAMES

Aston Martin Valhalla in First Light

James Bond will drive an Aston Martin Valhalla supercar in 007 First Light. The Valhalla is one of many iconic James Bond vehicles coming to the game.

BOOKS

Darker Than The Sun launch party

Last Thursday, authors Ajay Chowdhury and Matthew Field celebrated the launch of Darker Than The Sun, An Atlas of James Bond Movie Locations with friends and colleagues. The event, at Covent Garden, included a talk with action director Vic Armstrong and producer Anthony Waye, and discussions on the glamorous adventures of filming James Bond around the world with Bond Girls Martine Beswicke and Caroline Munro.